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Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“WHOUT”

An active company already has this name

The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.

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Same or very similar names

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Whout same name
    Joinery installation · Zele · since 2018
  • WHOUT same name
    Joinery installation · Zulte · since 2021
  • SHOUT very similar
    Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Lievegem · since 2015
  • P-Hout very similar
    Joinery installation · Aalst · since 2019
  • Sole trader very similar
    Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2023
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • WHAT? SHOUT! similar
    Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2008
  • WHO similar
    Abbreviation of Wevelgems Harmonieorkest · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Wevelgem · since 1946
  • WHO similar
    Abbreviation of WORLD HOTEL OBSERVATORY · Hotels and similar accommodation · Ukkel · since 1979
  • Sole trader similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2013
  • WHO similar
    Abbreviation of William Hollanders de Ouderaen · Activities of lawyers · Hoeilaart · since 2022
  • WHO similar
    Abbreviation of Het Waregems Harmonieorkest · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Waregem · since 2005
  • Wit-Hout similar
    Joinery installation · Diest · since 2015
  • WoutHout similar
    Landscape service activities · Herent · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Other cleaning activities · since 2022
  • V hout similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2014
  • HOUT+ similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Oostkamp · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2020

What this check does and does not say

  • We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
  • This is not a trademark search. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
  • A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.

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